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Mark 4:3: a sower/the sower?
- To: b-greek@virginia.edu
- Subject: Mark 4:3: a sower/the sower?
- From: J.D.F.=van=Halsema%BW_KG%TheoFilos@esau.th.vu.nl
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 97 18:16:49 MET
In Mark 4:3 (parr) it says:
"EXHLQEN O SPEIRWN SPEIRAI"
Question: how can I be sure this has to be translated by "a sower went out to
sow" (RSV). What about: "the sower went out to sow"?
If the second possibility is incorrect I would like to know in which way I
can put that into Greek.
Of course this has exegetical implications. If it is "a sower" we are dealing
with a "Gleichnis" (Bultmann): something that can be repeated several times.
If we translate "the sower", we are dealing with a parabel (Bultmann): a
unique event occurring only once.
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